The Electricity Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 3419 (C. 112)

ELECTRICITY

The Electricity Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001

Made

16th October 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 113(2) of the Electricity Act 1989(1), hereby makes the following Order:—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Electricity Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989.

2.  The following provisions of the Electricity Act 1989 shall come into force on 9th November 2001—

(a) section 112(4) to the extent that it relates to the provisions in Schedule 18 which are not already in force; and

(b) paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 17 and the word “and” immediately preceding it; and

(c) Schedule 18, so far as not already in force.

Brian Wilson,

Minister of State for Industry and Energy,

Department of Trade and Industry

16th October 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 9th November 2001 certain repeals which relate to the Electricity Council and the Central Electricity Generating Board, as those bodies have now been dissolved.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Electricity Act 1989 have been brought into force by two Commencement Orders made on 2nd August 1989 and 29th January 1990.

Provision	Date of commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 1, 2, 6(9) (partially), 86, 106, 107, 110, 111 and 113, and Schedules 1 and 2.	1st September 1989.	1989/1369.
Sections 64 (partially), 65 to 70, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 104 and 105, and Schedules 10, 12, 14 and 15.	1st October 1989.	1989/1369.
Sections 3 to 5, 6(1) to (8), 6(9) (partially), 6(10) and (11), 7 to 63, 64 (partially), 71 to 84, 87, 88, 90, 93, 96, 98 to 103, 108, 109 and 112(1) to (3) and (4) (partially), and Schedules 3 to 9, 11, 13, 16, 17 (partially) and 18 (partially).	31st March 1990.	1990/117.

(1)

1989 c. 29.